Editorial
Pledge For Good Governance
PRIME Minister Girija
Prasad Koirala expressed clear-cut commitment of His Majesty’s
Government to ensure good, effective and efficient administration in the
country. Inaugurating the two-day interaction programme on "Enhancing
management quality in civil service" organised by Nepal
Administrative Staff College in Kathmandu the other day, Prime Minister
Koirala said that His Majesty’s Government would not lag behind in
taking any measures to discourage corruption and bureaucratic red tapism.
As the government is engaged in alleviating poverty, raising the social
and economic status of the people and accelerating the pace of development
of the country, good and efficient governance is a must to accomplish
these lofty goals of the government. Moreover, bureaucracy is the vehicle
to implement plans, policies and programmes of the government. Unless the
administration is efficient and effective, the development programmes
cannot reach and benefit the target section of the society. However, there
is a widespread feeling among the general people that our bureaucracy has
not been up to the popular expectation. Corruption and red tapism are
serious problems in our bureaucracy. Against this background Prime
Minister Koirala has rightly said that there has been a decline in the
image of Nepal’s administration. It is thus very imperative to check
corruption, tendency of avoiding responsibilities and red tapism in the
bureaucracy. Bureaucratic red tapism and corruption not only affect
development activities but also erode people’s faith in administration
and democracy. As such the role of bureaucracy is crucial in
institutionalizing democracy, strengthening democratic institution,
providing quick service to the needy people and carrying out development
activities in a more effective and efficient way. Prime Minister Koirala
is concerned about more effective and efficient administration because he
came to power promising the people to root out corruption and give the
nation a good and effective government. As promised earlier, the present
government has been making its sincere efforts to discourage corruption
and ensure good governance. However, corruption has been so deep rooted in
our society and administration that it cannot be totally eradicated
overnight. The process of ensuring good governance takes long time. In the
same way, strong political will and collective efforts from all sectors
are needed to completely wipe out corruption, red tapism and other
distortions in our administrative mechanism. One more important aspect
that needs to be given equal attention is that administration first needs
to be made free from politicization and political interference for
enhancing its efficiency and effectiveness.
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